This thinker argued that truth should be defined by its specificity to a certain thing and to its utility for human purposes, a definition he termed "cash value." He argued against philosophical systematization, claiming that experiences should be analyzed as they come, an attitude he originally termed "radical empiricism" in his collection of essays, The Will to Believe. He distinguished between "healthy-minded" and "sick" forms of the title concept in his book The Varieties of Religious Experi
This thinker argued that truth should be defined by its specificity to a certain thing and to its utility for human purposes, a definition he termed "cash value." He argued against philosophical systematization, claiming that experiences should be analyzed as they come, an attitude he originally termed "radical empiricism" in his collection of essays, The Will to Believe. He distinguished between "healthy-minded" and "sick" forms of the title concept in his book The Varieties of Religious Experience. Best known for a work subtitled "A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking," FTP name this American author of Pragmatism and brother of an important novelist.
This thinker argued that truth should be defined by its specificity to a certain thing and to its utility for human purposes, a definition he termed "cash value."
{William James} [prompt on “{James}”]